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18 Feb 2018 4:22:38pm

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At the start of the broadcast, one of the guests (I don't know which) began with a throwaway line to the effect that States are much more efficient than the Commonwealth at running schools. On what evidence does this person make such a claim - which remained, sadly, uncontested in the program.It reminds me of a claim on"Counterpoint" years ago that States are very efficient at running public hospitals, so the Commonwealth shouldn't take them over. While that may be true in State capital cities, it is demonstrably false elsewhere. These conservative ideologues perennially argue in favour of preservation of State governments - what they're forgetting is that there is much more to a State than its capital city - but think tank denizens never go outside the cities, they wouldn't have a clue.

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